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What buyers say they will tender next. Prior information notices, planned procurements, market engagement and sources sought, with the buyer named and the expected date attached. Nothing here can be bid on yet. Everything here can be prepared for.

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Public buyers planning their next procurements

Why a notice you cannot bid on is worth reading

By the time a tender is published the specification is fixed, the evaluation criteria are set and the timetable is short. A forward notice arrives months earlier, while the buyer is still deciding what to ask for. Suppliers who make contact at that point get to explain what is possible, what it costs and what the buyer should ask for. The rest bid against a document they had no hand in.

How to use this page

  1. Filter to your country and category. Every view is a stable link you can share or bookmark.
  2. Open the official notice. It names the contact, the engagement route and any registration the buyer wants before the tender goes out.
  3. Diary the expected date. When the tender is published it appears in your TenderPipe feed and digest as a bid with a deadline.
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Frequently asked questions

What is a pipeline notice?

A public statement that a buyer intends to run a procurement. It goes by several names: prior information notice on TED, planned procurement or preliminary market engagement in the UK, sources sought or presolicitation on SAM.gov, general procurement notice at the development banks. None of them can be bid on. Each gives you the buyer, the subject and an expected timing.

What should I do with one?

Contact the buyer while the requirement is still being written. Ask for the market engagement session, register interest on the portal named in the notice, and put the expected publication date in your pipeline. Suppliers who engage at this stage shape the specification the rest will bid against.

What does the date mean?

The date the buyer expects to publish the tender, taken from the notice. Where a notice gives no date we show the notice date plus six months and mark it estimated.

Why are these not in the main tender feed?

The feed holds bids with a real deadline. Mixing in notices that cannot be answered yet buries the work you can act on this week, so forward signals live here and in the optional early-signals section of the digest.

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